stuff copy-pasted from discord:
“basically a community secluded in the desert, they built such strong defenses against the undead and outsiders that eventually they...couldnt get out
theres one entrance and the security code was lost somehow
cue, panic
the code was recovered but there were drastic effects on those within
the code was held by one troll who used it to get supplies and ration them out, making the rest beholden to them
after a few generations (with an entrance to the brooding tunnels in the community providing grubs) they wound up with this wildly skewed society”
“the only ones allowed out are the truckers, for supply runs
they hold the key, so they hold the power
the hemospectrum is flipped and skewed; lowbloods tend to be feared for their psionics, in fact those without might be flat out culled seadwellers, bug wings, basically any physical anomalies besides blood are consider mutations, whereas candy red bloods are normal”
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“ there's probably some religious shit going on too the truckers don't just like...not come back bc it'd be blasphemous
might be a skewed version of the subjug cult “
“ it'd be kinda ironic tbh
like, build these walls to keep out the undead that come out during the day...wind up worshipping the sun
even worse if they worship undead/drinkers
consider them like angels
coming to deliver them “
“ jades/drinkers at the top, followed by lowbloods, then highbloods, then the other midbloods
also, the reason why they didn't escape into the brooding tunnels is probably because its so deep and dark that it'd drive a troll mad before they got anywhere
they probably wouldnt be able to scrape together the supplies for an expedition
ooh what if they started worshiping the sun bc some of them went down there and when they came back they were like "BLESSED LIGHT OH MY GOD" “
“ and probably those in the community latch onto anything
if they can see the lighthouse from within it might be like...somethin
at least a landmark for the truckers
maybe it's a sign of hope, like the lighthouse is still there, the world hasn't ended “